Alas , theres barely 3 or 4 people who can participate in this conversation , but i have no problem with that.

Is Glasgow becoming too "Trendy".

Is it becoming another Edinburgh , where every pub has a dress code , and sells bottled beer and spirits at £5 a bottle.

I ask , as Chambers bar has recently been redeveloped , and renamed as "Odin" or something equally tragic. I wandered into what was a quiet , comfortable pub , which sold good food at reasonable prices , to be greeted with pink lighting , trendy students , and a rotating disco ball which projected "Odin" onto all the walls.

The decline of traditional Scotland has begun.

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The decline of traditional Scotland has begun.

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You should hang around at the Unions more,
though I'm told even Jim's Bar in the QM has been done
up, and apparently looks and feels much worse than it
used to. They tried to trendify the Three Judges on
Dumbarton Road, but the regulars protested and they
seem to have reversed some of the changes.
I'm away from Glasgow for one year, and if it turns
into Edinburgh then I won't be coming back! (But I'm
sure it won't...)

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You should hang around at the Unions more,
though I'm told even Jim's Bar in the QM has been done
up, and apparently looks and feels much worse than it
used to. They tried to trendify the Three Judges on
Dumbarton Road, but the regulars protested and they
seem to have reversed some of the changes.
I'm away from Glasgow for one year, and if it turns
into Edinburgh then I won't be coming back! (But I'm
sure it won't...)

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What gets me in pubs is when they play the music too loud, so you can't actually hear yourself speaking to people. Revolution is bad for that. Apart from that I actually prefer the glitzy pre-club type bars to the old man traditional types.

I've only been to Glasgow once, but I liked it. I found a couple of great pubs for lunchtime boozing on and around Sauchiehall Street (and a nice curry house too), but there did seem to be a lot of trendy bars around. I also found it a bit difficult to find a decent, non-poncy pub where I could get a drink after eleven. Maybe I was just looking in the wrong places.

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I'm with kramer on this issue. I'm not really a fan of old man pubs. Pretentious student hangouts are more my scene. I do agree, though, that Glasgow city centre is becoming very like Edinburgh. I actually think it's trying to emulate New York, what with all the neon and the UGC and all.

For a happy medium between traditional and studenty there's always the "It's a Scream" pubs. They're cheap, with actual stools and tables etc, but also a good atmosphere. The pub I really hate is that Logic on Sauchiehall st. They've gone so over the top with poncy layout (and a big ramp in the middle for no apparent reason) that there's only space for about three seats. And the businessmen (in their suit and tie...) have always got there first.

Ah loov this pub, iss brrilliant, war the fook are we agin?

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ARGH. ITS A GEORDIE. RUN FOR THE HILLS!

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The decline of traditional Scotland has begun.

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Theres an arcade I used to go to named FUN ZONE. It was great it was dark smoked filled all the pot heads hung out there dropping like 30 bucks a day. Then all of the sudden they decide to redecorate the place. They get rid of all the old pac man and space invaders games the pot heads played but in nice carpet fixed the lights didn't let you smoke in there anymore and it just started to suck. The decline of the traditional arcade happened sometime in the mid 90's but to see it happen so close to home really hurt.

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Kramer has no taste at all! The Scream pubs are an absolute
disgrace - bad, loud music, awful beer, under-age neds. All chain pubs are awful.
You can keep them. Give me an old man pub, or one of the Unions, any day.

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Crabby.

We are scottish. Our pubs , and our very bland culture , are all we have left to remind ourselves of our great traditions of getting excessively drunk , threatening passers by ,and sleeping in gutters in small puddles of our own piss.

Please. Leave us to debate the fall of our society. We will happily move onto your society when we finish.

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Crabby.

We are scottish. Our pubs , and our very bland culture , are all we have left to remind ourselves of our great traditions of getting excessively drunk , threatening passers by ,and sleeping in gutters in small puddles of our own piss.

Please. Leave us to debate the fall of our society. We will happily move onto your society when we finish.

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Some scary guy followed me down Argyle St yesterday evening shouting at the top of his voice "ARE YOU SCOTTISH? I SPENT 6 YEARS IN A FUCKING IRISH PRISON, NOW ANSWER ME- ARE YOU SCOTTISH INDIVIDUALS?"

I was tempted to turn round and say "No, I'm from Afghanistan", but he was very scary.

If this is the Scottish culture you hold so dear, Perm, then give me a city full of glitzy chrome pubs, neon and mirrors any day.

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Crabby.

We are scottish. Our pubs , and our very bland culture , are all we have left to remind ourselves of our great traditions of getting excessively drunk , threatening passers by ,and sleeping in gutters in small puddles of our own piss.

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I thought you also had the kilts and bagpipes for that.

And maybe even Nessie.

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arrandil - I'm afraid the rumours about Jim's Bar are true. It's now full of these silly red stools instead of proper seats, and it's all white. Looks like something out of A Clockwork Orange.

Oh no! Where will all the goths go?

The cathouse and the solid rock. Same as usual.

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Into a 12-story block combining classical neo-Georgian features with the efficiency of modern techniques. The Goths arrive here and are carried along the corridor on a conveyor belt in extreme comfort, past murals depicting Mediterranean scenes, towards the rotating knives. The last twenty feet of the corridor are heavily soundproofed. The blood pours down these chutes and the mangled flesh slurps into these...

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Aw, soundproofed? I'd want to hear that.

Guess I'll just have to rejoin the GUU then.

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Excuse me... Are you proposing we slaughter our Goths?

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